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What works
Everything I tried worked flawlessly.
What does not
Nothing I could find.
What was not tested
Battle.net (normal multiplayer works well)
Additional Comments
It does not work well with Compiz/Unity (slow and laggy), so I made a script that I use to launch the game, then added a .desktop-file to ~/.local/share/applications/ and gave it a nice icon from the games image directory to make it show up in the dash. That works very well: (replace "Programfiler" with the correct one in your language)
#!/bin/sh
metacity --replace &
wine "~/.wine/drive_c/Programfiler/Diablo II/Game.exe"
unity --replace # perhaps compiz --replace would be better?
I also had to enable emulated audio, presumably because of PulseAudio.
In spite of these issues, I give it a Platinum rating. I played the entire game in hardcore mode, single player and local multiplayer. No complaints.
Admin note: rating changed to conform to the rating definitions.
If you ever get "Please insert disc", this is NOT a problem with detecting the CD.
The protection system is probably still built into the game even though the CD check itself is
disabled. Make sure you use version 1.12 or later. If you get this problem after having
this version installed, you are likely suffering from a buggy video driver as this is the
only known (and proven possible) cause at this point.
DO NOT USE NOCD PATCHES - They are pointless, and won't fix the real problem.
HOWTO: Blizzard Downloader
for wine versions 1.12 and earlier:
you need a native mshtml.dll and wininet.dll from ie6sp1 in ~/.wine/drive_c/system32
dont forget to set them as native in winecfg
Easy installation: digital download
If you own a legitimate copy of Diablo II, you can register it on battle.net with the serial key, and get a link to an installer (about 1.4GB).
This installer has less issues than the CD version, and is the recommended way to install Diablo II. It works flawlessly (Platinum) from begining to end.
ALT+CLICK combination
Window managers often have the alt key bound to certain features,
especially the alt-click. This is not a wine bug. If you have problems
with the alt key in any way do not report it. Fix your window manager.
I'm not going to list steps for every one because there are too many
possibilites. Figure out yourself or ask in a help forum (here is
okay... but be warned all I use is TWM). If you are desperate, turn off
window manager managed windows in winecfg.
KDE
Go into KDE Control Center, expand Desktop, click window behavior, then
click window actions tab. You can turn off the alt-combos. If you want
to make window specific settings, click on window specific settings
under window behavior on the side.
GNOME 2
The option to change the key binding is in System Menu -> Preferences Menu -> Windows.
HOWTO play without mounting a CD
As of 1.12, it is possible to play without using a CD.
The following is an excerpt from the patch changelog:
For users that originally performed a ‘Full Installation’ and wish to run without the CD, all ‘.mpq’ files should be copied from the Diablo 2 CDs to the Diablo 2 directory. Most users will only need to copy D2Music.mpq from the Diablo 2 Play CD and/or D2xMusic.mpq from the Lord of Destruction CD.
Anyone who did not perform a ‘Full Installation’ will need to re-install from CD again to ultimately play without the CD. In this case, a ‘Full Installation’ is required, followed by file copy step noted above.
How-to fix delay in sound
If your game is suffering from a slight delay in sound, then try following these steps:
Open the Wine Configuration Application (Configure Wine)
Click the "Add application..." button
Browse to your Diablo II folder (usually Program Files/Diablo II)
Click Diablo II.exe, and then Open
Select Diablo II.exe from the list: it should turn blue
Go to the Audio tab (it can take a while to load)
Untick ALSA and tick OSS, and you're ready to go!
Installation using the CDs
Running Diablo 2 under Wine
by Jesse Allen the3dfxdude at gmail com
minor updates by Jasmine Iwanek
Last updated 2008-07-11 - wine-1.0.0/1.1.1
Before you get started
This
HOWTO only lists information specific to this app. Please keep comments
and test reports brief. Please don't post copies of wine logs here! If
you have trouble, see other ways of getting help.
Wine+Diablo 2 Status
Generally perfect for Linux users since wine 0.9.12. FreeBSD kernel 6.2 might work, but copy protection will likely be broken.
Minimum Requirements
winecfg: A drive letter for your cdrom, and running as Win2k, XP or later.
Support for 640x480 and 800x600 video modes.
Correct network configuration for online play.
A REAL COPY OF THE GAME -- The game probably won't work right if you don't have a real copy.
Recommended Requirements
Wine 0.9.20 or later
Linux kernel 2.6.17+ OR FreeBSD 6.2
Video card and driver that supports hardware based acceleration with OpenGL.
**Bad Versions**
It's recommended to not use these versions of software because they break the game's copy protection:
Linux vanilla x86 kernel: 2.6.9, 2.6.10
Linux vanilla x86-64 kernel: 2.6.9-2.6.15
Linux kernel versions less than 2.6
Wine built with GCC 4.0.0-4.0.2
Native msvcrt.dll
Fedora core 6 modified linux kernel, unless updated to 2.6.18-1.2784.fc6 or later.
FreeBSD
Incorrectly installed video drivers
Additionally, FreeBSD kernels less than 6.2 might not work with current versions of wine at all.
Installing the Game
Launch winecfg to perform the following tasks:
Make
sure the Windows version for Diablo 2 is NT 4.0, 2000, XP, or 2003 for
correct copy protection support. Diablo 2 supports Win NT 4.0 or later.
Create
a drive letter for your cdrom if you have not already. For each cdrom
drive letter, click advanced, and set the drive type from automatic to
cdrom.
It helps to add a device node symlink,
so do the following. If your cd-rom drive letter in winecfg is d: and
the corresponding device node to your mount point is /dev/hdc then run
the
following command:
$ ln -s /dev/hdc ~/.wine/dosdevices/d\:\: Note, you *must* have two colons! You can tell what your device node is in /etc/fstab or viewing your boot-log.
For running the multi-disk install, it helps to run the install using the drive letter and to not switch your shell to the
cdrom's path. For example:
~/.wine/drive_c$ wine "D:\setup.exe" (where D: is the assigned letter of your CD drive). If
you run while having a current working directory of /mnt/cdrom, for
example, then you will lock the drive and you won't be able to eject
the disk.
If during the game's install the progress bar stops,
the game is probably prompting you for the next disc, but the dialog is
under the installer's window. For full install, the order is Install
Disc, Play Disc, then Cinematics Disc. Just swap discs and hit enter
when the progress stops.
Running and Playing Diablo 2
Do
not use the '-opengl' switch to run the game. Blizzard never completed
OpenGL support so they removed it, but left the switch in. All you see
when you run it is a badly initialized DDraw mode.
If you use the window option "-w", the game will drop to ddraw mode no matter what.
Do not use virtual desktop with the game! It's not designed to be windowed like that! It still thinks it's full-screen!
If
you have missing in-game speech, animation, videos, or crashes between
acts, these problems are typically from using a modified executable.
Install your game properly.
Multiplayer Setup
Make sure you have the correct ports open. Open outbound and inbound,
TCP and UDP, port 6112 and 4000. More on Network Ports
If you are going to play a direct TCP/IP game and the game tells you
that it could not detect a valid address, make sure about things:
Have a valid internet addressible IP address for internet play or proper NAT forwarding.
Have a hostname other than localhost.
In
/etc/hosts, have a valid hostname of your computer listed with your
current IP address you want to use and do not have your hostname listed
with 127.0.0.1. Do not have "localhost 127.0.0.1" listed first either.
Window losing focus
When running the game in Windowed mode (-w switch), if the DIablo II window loses focus, the game freezes. To unfreeze the game press Alt+Enter. So far this has been tested in:
Ubuntu "Hardy" 8.04.1 with Gnome
HOWTO fix the 'patch archive is corrupt' issue
I order to correct this issue Wine must run Diablo II from inside Diablo's installation directory. Here is an example:
Run a terminal
Type: cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Diablo\ II/
Type: wine ./Game.exe
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Confused
by Tom Raate on Wednesday January 2nd 2013, 6:23
I have installed Diablo 2 via Playonlinux completely fine, patch works fine and everything . However when I try to install the expansion, it keeps telling me I must have the original game installed in order to continue . Any way to work around this ?
Mouse Jumps All Over...
by Jason Marty on Friday March 30th 2012, 23:49
Running wine 1.5 (and earlier), the mouse pointer jumps all over the place when in-game. No problems exist when using the menus, but when attempting to move the character the mouse cursor goes nuts. The pointing finger will literally jump all over the screen with even minor movements of the mouse. However, it seems the "actual" location of the pointer moves correctly, its just rendered wrong. Running an up-to-date version of Arch Linux with the latest wine. It seems this might be an issue with some other library/package, because even the version of Wine that use to work fine for me with this game no longer works. Here is my output when running the game from a terminal:
[ poeticrpm@geekdom games]$ sh diablo.sh
err:service:validate_service_config Service L"Bitolmgsvmmv" has an unknown service type (0x100)
err:service:scmdatabase_load_services Invalid configuration of service L"Bitolmgsvmmv" - skipping
fixme:service:scmdatabase_autostart_services Auto-start service L"dxregsvc" failed to start: 2
fixme:advapi:SetSecurityInfo stub
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32f208,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:d3d_surface:wined3d_surface_flip Ignoring flags 0x1.
err:ddraw:ddraw_surface7_Flip Can't find a flip target
err:ddraw:ddraw_surface7_Flip Can't find a flip target
err:ddraw:ddraw_surface7_Flip Can't find a flip target
err:wgl:internal_SetPixelFormat Invalid operation on root_window
Installation workaround
by foxx on Thursday April 7th 2011, 23:18
I'm on Debian wheezy (64-bit) with wine 1.1.42 and experienced an issue getting the game installed. Mounting the CD-ROMs curiously were owned by a UID without a user assigned and the "dialout" group which naturally disallowed my user from reading the disks. This resulted in a "wine: Cannot find L"D:\\installer.exe."
To get around this copy the contents of all installer disks into a local directory and change the ownership of the files therein to your own user (i.e. "sudo cp /media/cdrom0/* /home/myuser/Desktop/alldisks/" for each disk, then "sudo chown myuser *" within that directory).
The installer only cares about the "installer tome" MPQ files and will *not* prompt for disks for installation if all MPQ files are in the same directory as the installer.exe.
Fullscreen mode fixed for patch 1.13
by Jeremy on Wednesday January 26th 2011, 21:44
I discovered a fix to a common graphics issue. I was initially experiencing a bug in which fullscreen did not work. I saw a fix below in which the program is run in windowed mode, but I just found an alternative for Ubuntu users that lets you run it just fine in fullscreen: I'm running Wine in Ubuntu 10.04. For me, in the GUI I went to System > Preferences > Appearance > Visual Effects and selected "None". I can now run Diablo II normally in fullscreen mode as opposed to windowed.
d2multires mod
by Chauncellor on Monday November 29th 2010, 19:03
The hi-resolution mod that allows more than the meager 640x480 or 800x600 resolutions does not work with the latest patch (1.13). You need to patch Diablo 2 only to 1.12 in order for the mod to work.
If you do have 1.13 installed it supports a hideous scaling mode. If you start Diablo 2 in windowed mode (i.e. 'wine game.exe -w' and then maximize the window it will be more usable (albeit grossly unappealing)
Diablo 2 Lord of Destruction cd not detected
by Logan Abney on Friday July 23rd 2010, 19:38
System: Ubuntu 10.04
Wine Version: 1.2
So, I'm running out of things to try, and I wanted to post this here, in case this was a regression or something, though I doubt it.
I seem to be one of the first people to run into this, and I can't establish why it won't work. I'm willing to try anything, but I am a new user, only installing Ubuntu 10.04 about a week or two ago. I managed to get Wine configurated and working following the instructions, although there are graphical errors, may or may not be from full screen, whatever, haven't tried. I'm now onto the expansion CD, only, it's telling me it isn't detected, which is strange, because the physical CD is in the drive. Checked it out, as it's an original copy from release, and no scratches or dings. Any tips?
I've tried mounting an .iso copy, but I think the .iso was bad, wouldn't mount. I can do it again, but I'd like to fix it from a system point of view.
X Mouse Cursor on Top of Diablo Cursor
by Jason Marty on Friday May 14th 2010, 7:22
Diablo 2 LOD V1.12
Arch Linux x86_64
Nvidia 195.36.24
Occurs on: Wine 1.1.44
Does NOT occur on: Wine 1.1.41
When playing Diablo 2, everything else seems to work fine: gameplay is smooth, items can be picked up, and mouse functions as normal. However, the X mouse cursor (whatever one used in your X environment) is on top of the glove/finger in-game cursor of Diablo 2 at all times, even as you move the mouse.
On Wine 1.1.41 the issue is not present and everything seems to work fine. I do not have versions 1.1.42 and 1.1.43 available for testing, although I could probably edit a pkgbuild if necessary to do regression testing. Dont want to give it such a review if its only on my machine- Anyone else having this issue?
D2 Minimizes to Desktop Icon & How do I constrict the mouse?
by Loafers on Thursday March 11th 2010, 0:05
Hi,
I'm running wine-1.1.39 under Arch Linux with Openbox as my standalone window manager. Whenever I switch desktops or minimize the game, D2 never minimizes to the taskbar, instead it creates a Desktop icon that is superimposed over everything...
Also, is there a way to constrict the mouse inside Diablo 2 Window Mode?
D2X on Debian Lenny working flawlessly
by RJ Trenchard on Monday March 8th 2010, 19:37
wine version 1.0.1 (whatever came with apt)
I had issues at first because I installed from windows, and then figured i would give it a shot on linux - which took a great deal of time
first things first, Diablo 2 needs write access to the working directory for bnet access or you will get frequent disconnects when it tries to.
The MPQ files must be in the original install directory (or whatever d2x thinks is the original install directory) for the sound to work, it will work at first by the active directory, if the mpq files are there, but when you switch to multiplayer or exit out of singleplayer it will try to load from the directory it thinks it was installed in. (in my case D2X was installed to /media/ntfs/DiabloII/ but the MPQ files are doubly located in ~/.wine/drive_c/DiabloII/, i lacked for foresight to set Drive C to my NTFS partition, but in the end its probably better that i didnt)
had to switch off the window manager options under the Graphics tab in winecfg, and while i was messing with the audio drivers, the prepackaged ALSA drivers actually worked perfectly (as all the sound issues was caused by problems loading missing mpq files)
finally, and a given, do not run as super user - as it seems to mess up the CD Key check. I did it because I thought that maybe it was, somehow, the cause of my sound issues. thankfully it wasnt.
Computer model: HP Pavilion DV8000 Laptop
2.4 GhZ AMD64 CPU, 1GB memory, 256MB embedded ATI video, generic Conexant Audio.
Available Video Modes: DirectDraw or FORCING D3D.
by Hack-a-matic on Thursday December 3rd 2009, 2:26
I dont know if anyone would need that, but anyway this is how to force Direct3D. Look at the end if you dont want to read much. You need 3 minutes time.
If you have a modern nvidia card and get message about only DirectDraw being possible. It seems a bug in diablo2 detector.
You can either install and use Glide wrapper, which would give you more resolutions and enable perspective support as well.
But I found out glide wrapper uses very much resources(Athlon xp 3200+, gf6800, Xorg uses 80%). Slowdown was noticeable especially in kurast docks.
Or you can manually force d2 to use Direct3D. It is possible.
Note I had Glide wrapper previously installed, but never the less it won't be used; so if it doesn't work, dont hestate to report.
FORCING direct3d IN DIABLO II:
0) Open terminal
1) $wine regedit
(if you use Playonlinux or if you have it installed in separate prefix, the command would be "$WINEPREFIX= wine regedit", in case of POL: "$WINEPREFIX=~/.Playonlinux/wineprefix/ wine regedit"
2) in regedit window, navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Blizzard Entertainment/Diablo II/VideoConfig
3) set DeviceDDraw to 0(0x00000000).
4) set DirectDrawDevice0 to 1(0x00000001).
5) set DeviceName0 to "DirectDraw HAL"
6) set DeviceName (without 0) to "Direct3D"
-) you would probably benefit, if you set VidTestRequired to "false"
-) also, I have Render set to 3(0x00000003), no idea why.
Exit and launch game. It should be now set to d3d. You DONT need directx override, just vanilla wine. Dont launch VidSet again. Exit if you did. Otherwise you need to manually reset that again.
WooHOO!
by inop on Sunday September 20th 2009, 8:12
I didn't even have to install a 2nd copy on my linux partition, it worked Platinum from my Windows drive! :) Everything, including D2Multires (www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16131), saved games, and even LAN play! I didn't try battle.net, not good enough to hang in "real" multiplayer ;P All I had to do was winecfg and point a drive letter to my windows install dir. Between this and Fallout 3 working in Linux, I am /this/ close to ditching windows all together!
Running with a parameter
by Asteroth on Saturday July 4th 2009, 16:33
I need to run Diablo with a -direct parameter. No matter how I try to place it in the shortcut it does not work. The -w parameter works fine though.
I tried also typing in the terminal:
asteroth@skyeye:~$ env WINEPREFIX="/home/asteroth/.wine" wine C:\Diablo II\diablo2\game.exe -direct
If I run wineconsole cmd, cd into Diablo directory and type
game.exe -direct
Everything works like it should
Out of range
by Casey Schellhorn on Tuesday May 12th 2009, 21:05
When I try do run LoD i get a black screen with a message from my monitor that says "out of range". The opening videos work just fine but the main main screen does not. Any help is appreciated.
RE: Out of range by Ing. Cognito on
Thursday May 21st 2009, 7:28
RE: Out of range by Casey Schellhorn on
Friday May 22nd 2009, 18:16
RE: Out of range by Hack-a-matic on
Tuesday December 8th 2009, 18:09
alt-enter no longer works in 1.1.20
by Twig on Monday April 27th 2009, 16:13
Hi,
Just wanted to let people know that, following the patch to fix hanging on losing focus in the recent 1.1.20 version, it is no longer possible (in Ubuntu at least) to press alt-enter to resume play.
It is possible to click the minimise all windows and show the desktop button and then click Diablo 2 from the task bar in order for the program to start responding again. However, on my system this leaves the task bar still visible in full screen mode.
gordon@gordon-desktop:~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II$ wine Game.exe
fixme:advapi:SetSecurityInfo stub
X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 159 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString)
Serial number of failed request: 25627
Current serial number in output stream: 25627
gordon@gordon-desktop:~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II$
It was working fine yesterday, I havent changed anything relevant, to the best of my knowledge.
I upgraded to wine x.15, but problem remains the same.
bad/static/unsynced sound
by ken on Monday November 3rd 2008, 2:37
when i upgraded to wine 1.1.7 from 1.1.1, i had horrible sound. after much searching i found an old solution that worked with wine 1.1.7:
ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-422646.html should i submit this as a bug?
Unzip the download and move the dll and exe into the Diablo 2 directory.
Now run the executeable "D2VidTst.exe" which runs the video test again. Because of the wrapper, you can now use the glide-renderer -- do this!
Now you can configure the glide wrapper through "glide-init.exe".
For me, Diablo 2 fullscreen did not work until I got this, ran glide-init.exe and selected "Desktop resolution" under "Settings".
This means that the game will take your native resolution, so if you run 1280x1050 then Diablo2 will run in 1280x1050 glory :P
If you have a widescreen, like 1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1200 or otherwise, Diablo 2 will run with the maximum 4:3 window it can fit inside of that widescreen, meaning you'll have some black bars on either side.
But the higher resolution is still there so you have a much better view of the game world. It's absolutely awesome ! :)